Friday, May 29, 2009

Who: Everyone!!!What: The My Husband Rocks Birthday Bash!!!When: June 15-20, 2009Where: Right here at the great adventure

That's right! My husband rocks turns 1 year old on Saturday, June 13th, 2009! That date will kick off a week-long blog-tastic bash which at the very least will include some fantastic giveaway prizes! Most of the rest is a surprise, but stay tuned for some hints and sneak peeks! Mark your calendars, we're gonna have a blast!

We called 911 the other night. How's that for an opener, huh? Before anybody freaks out I should probably tell the rest of the story :)

We were relaxing in the family room watching a little bit of television on Wednesday night when Austin saw the shadow of a person fall across our back door. "There's somebody just standing in our back yard," he said. He got up and went out back only to see a young man, about 18 or 19, ride away down the street on his bicycle.

That made us a bit uneasy to say the least.

Then, after we had turned in, Austin, who was still very uncomfortable, decided to go downstairs and shut and look all of the windows and double check the door locks. As he made his way downstairs, he noticed that there was a car parked in front of our house with its windows down. This may not seem suspicious; however, I can count on one hand the times that an unknown vehicle has been parked at our house on a weeknight. Austin stood at the front window for a moment, but he could not see anyone inside the car or outside near the car. He worked his way through the rest of the house locking the windows, and when he got back to the front windows - less than a minute later - the car was gone.

This is the point where we decided to call the police. Austin called and explained that we didn't have an emergency at the moment, but he would feel better if we could avoid one all together. He requested that the local police be aware of the situation, and keep an eye on our house that evening. When he came to bed at that point he shut and locked our bedroom door as well.

I know that he worried most of the night, and probably didn't sleep too well, but I slept like a baby. It is so comforting to know that he takes his job of protecting me and our home so very seriously. He so totally rocks!

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Austin never ceases to amaze me. As noted in my previous post, we had a whirlwind adventure to Colorado last weekend. The drive to Akron, where his cousin's wedding was, is an even ten hours. Austin drove the entire way there. Once we reached Akron, and his aunt & uncle's home, he set up our pop-up and got it ready to go, unhooked the Escape and drove the additional two hours into Denver - at just about rush-hour - so that we could see my family as well!

That evening, we ended up spending upwards of four hours sitting in the Cheesecake Factory, enjoying my family! It is difficult for me to put into words how much it means to me to have the people who mean the most to me in this world - especially the two men who have had the biggest impact upon my life - laughing and joking and just basically loving each other and taking advantage of the time we get to spend together! Not only did we all have a fantastic time together, but what really did it for me was that it was never even a question in Hoss's mind about whether or not we would go the literal extra miles to get to spend even an evening with my parents and my sisters. He wanted to see them. (This totally reminds me of that scene in The Break Up where Jennifer Aniston says "I want you to want to do the dishes." lol) I know that may seem kind of silly, but it absolutely meant the world to me!

He's pretty awesome :)

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Be sure to check in with the other ladies who are bragging on their rocking hubbies today by clicking on the "My Husband Rocks Participants" button in the left sidebar.

If you are a MHR blogger, and have not been added to the blogroll, plase comment or e-mail me and I will gladly add you to our little group!!!

(if you would like to add the MHR Fridays button to your sidebar, use this code ).

If you're not a blogger, but still want the world to know about your amazing husband(or wife, or husband to be, or wife to be, etc.) leave a shout-out in the form of a comment! If you're unable to comment, e-mail me at katylinvw [at] yahoo [dot] com and I'll add your shout out to this post!

As always, on Fridays Union 28 will refund your shipping on any order of two or more items if you mention the great adventure and ~my husband rocks! Fridays~ in the "how did you hear about us?" section of your order form, so run on over there and check them out, too! Thank you Union 28!

Monday, May 18, 2009

Yes, I am alive . . . and kicking! Imagine that! Austin and I just returned from a whirlwind trip to Colorado where we saw both his and my extended families (well, part of them at least)!

We left Wednesday night just as soon as we could get our butts in gear and get out the door after work, and pick up his parents (who went with us) at their house! We stopped in Lincoln at the CampAway campsite (which was very nice, and would have been cool to stay longer), then Thursday morning headed out to truck right along to Akron. Once there we set up our little pop-up buddy in Homer & Sandra's driveway, then Hoss and I flew out the door again heading to Denver.

We got into Denver around 4:15 in the afternoon (just as the Rockies game was ending, I know, we have impeccable timing), found a parking space that did not require our firstborn as collateral, and met up with my parents for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory :) mmmmm . . . Tom & Pam, and Steve & Bethany joined us for the first part of dinner, but they had to leave around six to go meet Pam's family at their house who were coming in for Steve's graduation. We enjoyed the enormous appetizer sampler while they ate their meal. After they left we waited around for Kindra & Arin (sp?) to get there, and when they arrived we ate the dinner portion of our meal with them. All in all a total of 4 1/2 hours (or somewhere thereabouts) was spent in that little table - I think that has to be some kind of record.

Steve & Bethany graciously put us up in their guest room on Thursday evening, so we did not have to drive back to Akron late, and the next morning, rested and refreshed, we headed back east for wedding setup.

Austin's cousin got married on Saturday in Akron, and a great time was had by all! :) Friday was spent setting up the reception hall, then at the rehearsal - followed by a yummy barbecue rehearsal dinner (my favorite kind :) - although our pizza version was very fun, and delicious as well . . . ) Saturday morning the boys went dirtbike riding and washed up the semi truck that was the bride and groom's getaway vehicle. The wedding was beautiful, with Austin's uncle Homer officiating, and we had a blast at the reception.

We took off bright and early Sunday morning in order to get back at a decent time last night because today was my first day at my new job!!!

Which is totally awesome!

I know I've left out a lot of detail, and there are no pictures (even though we took almost 200 this weekend) - I'm blogging via my ancient desktop which is very slow and laborious, and which will not accept our high-capacity SD card from the camera, so I am unable to upload any pics :S - such is life, I guess!

Friday, May 8, 2009

Good morning, and happy Friday everyone! Where did this week fly away to? My goodness! Preparing to trasition to my new job has kept me hopping - in the best way - this week! I have a post started about my experience at the Women of Faith event in Des Moines this past weekend, and tomorrow Austin and I become contestants in the "Amazing Race" (at least the church's 20's & 30's version), which I am sure will provide great photos and a fun story, so stay tuned!!!

Now, on to my rocking hubby! :)

Yesterday, I got an e-mail from our good friend Anna asking if Austin and I would have time to walk through a house that she's looking at purchasing. Her fathr is concernec that the house is going to be more work than it's worth, and wanted Austin to take a look a it since he has had the experience of working on his own house and he would be honest with Anna about the extent of the work that this house needs.

Don't you just love it when people appreciate the ones that you love? I mean, I know he's great - but it's just so much fun when other people recognize that as well :)

He also rocks because he puts his all into everything he does. He didn't just run through the house, give it the cursory once-over and spout off an opinion. He very thoughfully and meticulously looked through each room and shared his thoughts and opinions in a very caring manner. Austin is the kind of person who takes a request for advice very seiously - and he would never say anything if he didn't mean it and believe it with everything that he has.

In addition to having wonderful knowledge and giving thoughtful and experienced advice, he is also so very humble about the whole affair!

He's just so wonderful! Isn't he?

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Be sure to check in with the other ladies who are bragging on their rocking hubbies today by clicking on the "My Husband Rocks Participants" button in the left sidebar.

(if you would like to add the MHR Fridays button to your sidebar, use this code ).

If you're not a blogger, but still want the world to know about your amazing husband(or wife, or husband to be, or wife to be, etc.) leave a shout-out in the form of a comment! If you're unable to comment, e-mail me at katylinvw [at] yahoo [dot] com and I'll add your shout out to this post!

As always, on Fridays From*me Tees will refund your shipping on any order of two or more items if you mention the great adventure and ~my husband rocks! Fridays~ in the "how did you hear about us?" section of your order form, so run on over there and check them out, too! Thank you From*me Tees!